As the holidays loom and temperatures slide downward, many Alabama Power Plant Miller employees are warming the hearts of less fortunate folks. That’s the case for members of all 10 chapters of the Alabama Power Service Organization (APSO), who pull out all the stops to assist during the Christmas season. The unwavering focus of Miller […]

Andrea Snyder is all about healthy, convenient and local dining – whether that’s a full, family meal; an easy, nutritious breakfast; a cup of coffee with a friend; or a quick, vitamin-rich juice shot on the way to a gym. The Birmingham entrepreneur has all that covered. Snyder and her husband, David, first brought us […]

If Thanksgiving is a time of love, charity and removing what separates us, then South Highland Presbyterian Church in Birmingham is living out that theme. The Birmingham faith community came together Nov. 26 for a Community Thanksgiving Service at the church. The service included faith leaders from Jewish Temple Beth-El and Temple Emanu-El, as well […]

Fifty years ago, it was a humble bug collection. Today, it’s a multimillion-dollar, state-of-the-art, hands-on, fully immersive museum, with more than 62,000 square feet of space dedicated to the study of all aspects of nature. This is the Cook Museum of Natural Science in Decatur, which opened in June after being closed for three years while the […]

As the state’s largest corporate foundation, the Alabama Power Foundation is a force for good, investing nearly $13 million in communities in 2018. As the Alabama Power Foundation celebrates three decades of service, that focus includes sharing strategies to make the greatest impact possible in Alabama communities. Foundation members held an impact investing roundtable that […]

Forensic testing has concluded that remains found in Macon County earlier this week are indeed those of 19-year-old Aniah Blanchard. However, while the Homewood resident and Southern Union Community College student is gone, she will never be forgotten by her family — or many others around Alabama. This was evidenced by a moving Instagram tribute […]

In the heart of lovely Eufaula, Alabama, stands a statue like no other. About waist high, under shady trees, it is a testament to a town hero, Leroy Brown. What’s so unique about that you ask? Leroy Brown is a fish. Leroy was a larger than life, livin’ large, largemouth bass. This is the story, […]

Former University of Alabama football star Mark Barron, now playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers, was honored as this week’s NFL Players Association “Community MVP” after giving away 1,500 turkeys in his hometown of Prichard, Alabama. This is the fourth straight year Barron has hosted the turkey giveaway in Mobile County. “It is humbling to be […]

It’s a heartwarming story that will bring tears to your eyes, and I bring it to you just in time for Thanksgiving. Chris Stewart is back home after spending nearly four months in a Birmingham hospital. Chris, a University of Alabama Athletics Department play-by-play announcer who calls men’s basketball, Crimson Tide football and baseball (he […]

Aside from Independence Day, no other holiday is as profoundly American as Thanksgiving. With its historical roots in the first English settlers to these lands and their Native America counterparts, it’s even older than our republic. Days of thanksgiving were a regular occurrence during colonial times, usually called for by the church to encourage parishioners […]

I want to bring you a story that you have never heard — a beautiful story sent to me by Jeff Cantrell, the Ramsay High School softball coach. It’s the story of a Homewood High School star athlete, a star athlete who made a real difference. A few years ago, Ramsay faced powerful Homewood High […]

MOBILE — The USS Alabama has firmly cemented its place as one of the state’s most iconic symbols from its spot at Battleship Memorial Park on the eastern side of the Mobile River. The South Dakota class battleship has been an attraction for visitors to Coastal Alabama since 1965. However, it took a statewide effort […]

Alabama Public Television is producing a series of videos titled “Alabama Legacy Moments” that offer a quick history of the people, places and stories that have defined Alabama. Done in conjunction with the ongoing bicentennial celebration of the state that concludes in December 2019, the short pieces should inspire you to learn more about the […]

In his first interview since injuring his right hip and subsequently having surgery, University of Alabama star quarterback Tua Tagovailoa once again gave his testimony to a national television audience. ESPN sideline reporter Lauren Sisler caught up to Tagovailoa during the first quarter of the Crimson Tide’s game Saturday against Western Carolina, telling him, “Tua, it is […]

Following University of Alabama star quarterback Tua Tagovailoa’s “successful” right hip surgery on Monday, his parents have released a statement expressing heartfelt appreciation for support shown to their family and proclaiming their deep faith in God. “We would like to thank all of the Alabama family and everyone across the world for the prayers and […]

The book editors at Amazon.com identified “Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee” as the best nonfiction book published in 2019. The book is from first-time author Casey Cep. The first seven stops on Cep’s book tour were in various Alabama locations. Goodreads.com describes “Furious Hours” as: “The stunning story of […]

He will go down as one of the greatest quarterbacks in Alabama Crimson Tide football history, yet he came and went in a flash. A long weekend has reminded us how fleeting joy can be — after all, “2nd and 26” was just 20 months ago. Yet, it seems that Tua Tagovailoa would be around […]

University of Alabama star quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is now set to have hip surgery on Monday, with “a full recovery” still projected. Dr. Lyle Cain, the Crimson Tide’s team orthopedic surgeon from Andrews Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Clinic at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Birmingham, released a statement Sunday evening with the update. “For the past […]

n 1983, in the basement of First Presbyterian Church in downtown Birmingham, a group of humanitarians began to take in homeless women and children. Now two blocks away, First Light Women’s Shelter offers emergency shelter for homeless women and families 24 hours a day. It also offers individualized case management, group sessions, life skills, movie and art therapy, and […]

Angels are among us, in the form of volunteers. Such is the case at Children’s of Alabama, where more than 50 “elves” from across Greater Birmingham met on Nov. 10, busily running to and fro to decorate Christmas trees on the hospital’s mezzanine and first floor. It’s all for the annual Children’s of Alabama tree display, […]

“Everybody reacts to trauma differently,” said Zack Aggen. He reacts by helping. Aggen knows a lot about trauma. As a U.S. Army medic during two combat tours in Iraq, he saw terrible wounds, heard horrifying screams of pain and worked desperately to save the lives of the fellow soldiers who had become, in his word, […]

This year my mom and I got started talking about traditions. You know, what activities do we want to pass down from generation to generation, especially since there are grandbabies runnin’ around now! We chatted about all the standards: painting/carving pumpkins at Halloween, baking cookies/gingerbread houses at Christmas and present wrapping parties throughout the year […]

Former University of Alabama star quarterback Jalen Hurts continues to be an exemplary role model. This past weekend, Hurts’ current team — the University of Oklahoma Sooners — hosted 12-year-old Rayden Overbay as their special guest. Overbay, who has autism, Type 2 diabetes and is deaf in one ear, went viral recently — but not for […]

JASPER, ALA. (AP) — A social media post about a veteran wearing an oxygen mask while walking down a road may help connect the man to his estranged son. The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post that the Gulf War veteran attempted to walk about 100 miles (160 kilometers) from Walker County […]